HUSBANDRY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HUSBANDRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUSBANDRY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUSBANDRY is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUSBANDRY
No single letter turns HUSBANDRY into another word.
How HUSBANDRY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HUSBANDRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HUSBANDRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HUSBANDRY
- All 9 letters of HUSBANDRY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HUSBANDRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The care, breeding and management of farm animals and crops, or the careful management of resources in general.
Animal husbandry covers feeding, housing and breeding livestock, while the same word in a wider sense suggests thrifty use of what one has. It has nothing to do with being a husband, although both words share an ancient root meaning a householder. Good husbandry keeps a farm productive for generations.
How HUSBANDRY is used
Husbandry is most often met in animal husbandry and in older writing about thrift.
- She studied animal husbandry at an agricultural college.
- Careful husbandry of the soil kept the fields fertile.
- The estate was run with old-fashioned husbandry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUSBANDRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HUSBANDRY
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Common questions about HUSBANDRY
- Is HUSBANDRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUSBANDRY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUSBANDRY worth?
- HUSBANDRY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUSBANDRY mean?
- The care, breeding and management of farm animals and crops, or the careful management of resources in general.
- What letters can be added to HUSBANDRY?
- No single letter can be added to HUSBANDRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HUSBANDRY:
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